Order of battle for Operation Euphrates Shield
# Order of battle for Operation Euphrates Shield

This is the order of battle for 2016-2017 Turkish cross-border military offensive, codenamed "Operation Euphrates Shield" by Turkey.

## Turkey and allied forces

Turkey

* Turkish Armed Forces
   * Turkish Land Forces
      * Third Army
         * 57th Commando Regiment
      * General Staff
         * Special forces
   * Turkish Naval Forces
      * Underwater Offence (Turkish Armed Forces)
      * SAS EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)
      * Amphibious Marine Brigade (Turkish Armed Forces)
   * Turkish Air Force
      * 8th Main Jet Base Group Command (8. Ana Jet Üs Komutanlığı) (Diyarbakır)
         * 181st Squadron "Leopard" (181. Filo "Pars") - F-16C/D Block 40TM/Block 50+ Fighting Falcon (LANTIRN-specialised)
         * 182nd Squadron "Accipiter" (182. Filo "Atmaca") - F-16C/D Block 40 Fighting Falcon
         * 202nd Liaison and SAR Squadron "East" (202. İrtibat ve Arama-Kurtarma Filosu "Şark") - CN-235M-100, AS-532UL Mk.1+
      * 9th Main Jet Base Command (9. Ana Jet Üs Komutanlığı) (Balıkesir)

Hawar Kilis Operations Room

   * Sultan Murad Division
   * Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade
   * Levant Front
   * Descendants of Saladin Brigade
   * Hamza Division
      * Free Syria Brigade
      * Samarkand Brigade
   * Al-Moutasem Brigade
   * Fastaqim Union
   * Sham Legion
   * Elite Army

Free Idlib Army

* 13th Division
* Mountain Hawks Brigade (until 17 September)
* Free Men of the East Brigade
* Conquest Brigade

Syria Revolutionaries Front remnants Military Councils:

* Akhtarin Military Council
* Al-Bab Military Council
* Tal Rifaat Military Council
* Qabasin Military Council
* Mare Military Council

Syrian Turkmen Brigades

* Sultan Malik-Shah Brigade
* Muntasar Billah Brigade

Ahrar al-Sham Army of Sunna Authenticity and Development Front

Support: United States Armed Forces

   * United States Air Force
   * United States special operations forces
   * United States Army

Russian Armed Forces

   * Aerospace Forces

British Armed Forces

   * Royal Air Force

## ISIL

Military of ISIL

* Wilayat Halab

## Syrian Democratic Forces and allied forces

Syrian Democratic Forces

* Manbij Military Council
   * Northern Sun Battalion
   * Seljuq Brigade
   * Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion

Jarabulus Military Council

   * Euphrates Jarabulus Brigades
   * Free Jarabulus Brigades
   * Jarabulus Hawks Brigades
* YPG
* YPJ
* Anti-Terror Units Northern Democratic Brigade

International Freedom Battalion

* MLKP
* TKP/ML TİKKO
* United Freedom Forces
* Bob Crow Brigade
* Antifascist Internationalist Tabur

Support: United States Armed Forces

* United States Air Force
* United States special operations forces

## Syrian Government and allied forces

Syria

* Syrian Armed Forces

Support: Russian Armed Forces

* Aerospace Forces
